page_title: Chad (paper)
hierarchical_section_title: Chad (paper)
caption_attribution_description: Pouring punched card chads from a jar.
context_page_description: Chad refers to fragments sometimes created when holes are made in a paper, card or similar synthetic materials, such as computer punched tape or punched cards. The word "chad" has been used both as a mass noun and as a countable noun.
context_section_description: Chad refers to fragments sometimes created when holes are made in a paper, card or similar synthetic materials, such as computer punched tape or punched cards. The word "chad" has been used both as a mass noun (as in "a pile of chad") and as a countable noun (pluralizing as in "many chads").
caption: Pouring chads from a jar at the Computer History Museum
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